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Week in Pictures: From deadly storms in US to forced displacement in Gaza 

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Pilgrims march near the Colosseum carrying revered statues from Europe's confraternities, during the Grande Processione, in Rome
Pilgrims march near the Colosseum carrying revered statues from Europe’s confraternities during the Grande Processione, in Rome, Italy. [Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters]

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Displaced Palestinians fleeing Beit Lahia amid ongoing Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip arrive in Jabalia, northern Gaza
Thousands of Palestinians in northern Gaza’s Beit Lahiya area fled their homes with essential belongings on Friday, after intense Israeli air raids on the area. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]

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Demonstrators travel by river to the mouth of the Rio Indio on Panama's Caribbean coast to protest against a planned reservoir for the Panama Canal and to protest against Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino
Demonstrators travel by river to the mouth of the Rio Indio on Panama’s Caribbean coast to protest against a planned reservoir for the Panama Canal and President Jose Raul Mulino. [Matias Delacroix/AP Photo]
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un talks to military members as he inspects projectiles during a visit to an airfield
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un talks to military members as he inspects projectiles during a visit to an airfield in this photo released by the Korean Central News Agency. [KCNA via Reuters]
A woman checks on her malnourished child at Banadir Hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia
A woman checks on her malnourished child at Banadir Hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia. [Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP Photo]
Revellers carry an illuminated Mikoshi, a portable shrine, at the Senso-ji Temple during the Sanja Matsuri or Sanja Festival, one of the three largest Shinto festivals in Tokyo, at Asakusa district in Tokyo, Japan
Revellers carry an illuminated Mikoshi, a portable shrine, at the Senso-ji temple during the Sanja Matsuri, one of the three largest Shinto festivals in Tokyo, in the Asakusa district of Tokyo, Japan. [Manami Yamada/Reuters]
Palestinian refugee Zubaida al-Najjar, 90, who said that she was forced from her home in the war surrounding Israel's independence in 1948, holds the key of her old house, as Palestinians commemorate the 77th anniversary of the 'Nakba' or catastrophe, in Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank
Palestinian refugee Zubaida al-Najjar, 90, who said she was forced from her home in the war surrounding Israel’s independence in 1948, holds her old house’s key as Palestinians commemorate the 77th anniversary of the Nakba, or catastrophe, in Hebron in the occupied West Bank. [Mussa Qawasma/Reuters]

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Viktor Cherniy, 52, and Vitalii Yunatskyi, 40, service members, wounded during fighting with Russian forces, and patients of the Mechnykov Hospital talk in an intensive care unit, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine
Service members Viktor Cherniy, 52, and Vitalii Yunatskyi, 40, wounded during fighting with Russian forces, and patients of the Mechnykov Hospital talk in an intensive care unit, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Dnipro, Ukraine. [Alina Smutko/Reuters]
A young girl carries her dog as they reunite in the Sunshine Hills neighborhood after a series of tornadoes hit Laurel County, in London, Kentucky
A young girl carries her dog as they reunite in the Sunshine Hills neighbourhood after a series of tornadoes hit Laurel County, in London, Kentucky, US. At least 27 people have been killed after storms hit the US states of Kentucky and Missouri. [Seth Herald/Reuters]
Residents and rescue workers evcuate a woman and dogs on an inflatable boat, through a flooded street following heavy rains in Campana, Argentina
Residents and rescue workers evacuate a woman and her dogs on an inflatable boat through a flooded street following heavy rains in Campana, Argentina. [Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo]

 

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Federal Consistency Determination, CZM0030-24

PUBLIC NOTICE
 The Department of Planning and Natural Resources announces that pursuant to Virgin Islands Rules and Regulations, Title 12, Chapter 21, Section 904-9 meetings of the St. Thomas Committee of the Virgin Islands Coastal Zone Management Commission have been scheduled to begin on Tuesday, July 15, 2025, at 4:00 p.m. This meeting will be held via the video conferencing platform Zoom.

Public Hearing for Federal Consistency Determination, CZM0030-24, has been submitted by the U.S. Amry Corps of Engineers for Savan Gut Phase II.

The purpose of the project is to reduce flood damage to the Jane E. Tuitt Elementary School and the Central Business District in downtown Charlotte Amalie. The Savan section of Charlotte Amalie has extremely high runoff rates due to the steep slopes in the upper basin.

The Savan Gut project area is in Charlotte Amalie, on the south side of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.

The following information should be used to participate in the meeting:

ZOOM
Meeting ID: 896 2642 6930
Passcode: 733441

Jean-Pierre L. Oriol
Commissioner

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